Dance

Basic Reference Works in Hunt Library

International Encyclopedia of Dance [online]
Oxford University Press, 2005.
This is the web edition of the 1998 6-volume print edition, (Selma Jeanne Cohen, ed.)
No images in the online edition due to copyright restrictions. The print edition with images can be found atversion at location:
HUNT FA-REF GV1585 .I586 1998

Bremser, Martha. International Dictionary of Ballet. Detroit: St. James Press, 1993.
FA-REF-4 792.8 I61 2 volumes

Craine, Debra and Mackrell, Judith. The Oxford Dictionary of Dance. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
FA-REF-4 792.8 C 886o

Spain, Louise. Dance on Camera: A Guide to Dance Films and Videos. London: Scarecrow Press and New York: Neal Schumann Publishers, Inc., 1998.
FA-REF-4 792.8 D173a

Organizations

Society of Dance History Scholars (SDHS)
"...advances the field of dance studies through research, publication, performance, and outreach to audiences across the arts, humanities, and social sciences. As a constituent member of the American Council of Learned Societies, SDHS holds wide-ranging annual conferences; publishes new scholarship through its proceedings and book series; collaborates regularly with peer organizations in the U.S. and abroad; and presents yearly awards for exemplary scholarship, including the de la Torre Bueno Prize®. "

Local Resources

Dance Alloy @ the Kelly Strayhorn Theater, Pittsburgh.
Ask about viewing their dance video archive.

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Mo Dawley, Art and Drama Librarian
md2z@andrew.cmu.edu
2014
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